WEBVTT
G
UP THE MESSAGES SINCE TY WERE
IN HIGH CHAIRS.
ERIC: AT TWO OR FOUR CHOOSING
, BETWEEN PEANUT BUTTER OR JELLY
IS BIG.
SO WHEN THE MEGGISON KIDS
SHOCKED THEIR PARENTSITH A
KITCHEN TABLE DEBATE JUST BEFO
THE 2008 ELECTION --
>> YOU ARE WRONG.
>> I AM RIGHT.
ERIC: THEY GRABBED A CAMCORDER.
YORK'S CHOICE?
>> WELL, I WOULD VOTE FOR JOHN
MCCAIN.
ERIC: BECAUSE HIS ADS HAD
CONVINCED THIS
PRESCHOOLER --
>> HE SAID NO TO WALL STREET,
WHICH MADE A MESS.
ERIC: BY 2012, YORK'S SISTER
TESS WAS LOSING TEH, AND THE
OBAMA SUPPORTER HAD CHANGED HER
TUNE.
>> I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE
A CHANCE TO BE PRESIDENT IF THEY
WANT TO.
ERIC: BUT THEY WERE STILL IN
ELEMENTARY.
>> MOST OF OUR ARGUMENTS ARE WHO
GETS TO USE A WILL BE CUSHION.
ERIC: THIS ELECTION CYCLE, THAT
SAME BOY IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL
ER, AND IN FIFTH, HIS SISTER'S
MATH PROBLEMS ARE TOUGHER.
BUT THIS TIME AROUND, BOTH ARE
FRUSTRATED.
>> CAN ONE JUST TELL ME THE
ACTUAL TRUTH?
ERIC: SOME MIDDLE SCHOOLERS
MIGHT LOVE BASKETBALL.
OTHERS, READING.
BUT MOST IOWA CAATTLE OFF THE
SIX PILLARS OF CHARACTER.
>> TRUSTWORTHINESS, RESPECT,
RESPONSIBILITY, FAIRNESS,
CARING.
ERIC: AND THEY KNOW WHEN THEY
DON'T SEE THEM.
WHICH IS WHY, IF TESS WAS 18,
SHE'D --
>> PROBABLY STAY HOME.
ERIC: AND HE'D HAVE TO DECIDE IF
HE COULD REALLY VOTE FOR HIS
SLIGHT PREFERENCE.
>> MR. TRUMP MIGHT BE DOING
THINGS THAT GET HIM CALLED IN
THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE.
ERIC: OVER THE YEARS, THESE
BATTLEGROUND SIBLINGS HAVE
PROVEN CAMPAIGN MESSAGES SINK IN
JUST LIKE ABC'
>> HANGING BY A THREAD.
IT IS NOT A CHANGE WE NEED.
ERIC: AND EVEN MIDDLE SCHOOLERS
GET FRUSTRATED.
>> THEY ARE BOTH TRYING TO WIN,
BUT THERE IS A LINE I WOULD NOT
CROSS THAT SOME OF THEM SEEM TO
BE CROSSING.

Kids prove campaign messages sink in at any age

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Updated: 12:13 PM EST Jan 4, 2017

DES MOINES, Iowa —

A couple of Iowa kids, York & Tess Meggison, won’t be able to vote until the 2024 presidential election, but that doesn’t mean they don’t understand political ads.